Archive for April 13th, 2006
Litigation Nation
Now that the DaVinci trial is over, what’s the next Court TV-style case to watch for those heavily invested in the markeplace of ideas? How about the defamation lawsuit against the author of Freakonomics. John Lott, whose research examines the relationship of gun carry laws to crime rates, has attracted his share of controversy. But [...]
Posted: 13 April, 2006 in Scholarly Communications.
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Censorship at the Department of Education?
For the past few years, many ACRL members have been concerned about changes to the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education and with the direction of federally-supported programs like the National Library of Education and ERIC. For those who have not followed these issues, let me recommend the EBSS ERIC News site and [...]
Posted: 13 April, 2006 in Research Issues, Scholarly Communications, Worth Reading.
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